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IELTS Academic Task 1: Pie Chart — Work & careers
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The charts below show what university graduates were doing one year after graduation in 2000 and in 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (share of each year's graduates; each year totals 100%). In 2000, 55% were working in the private sector, 30% in the public sector, 10% were self-employed and 5% had gone on to further study. By 2020, the private-sector share had fallen to 48% and the public sector to 24%, while self-employment had risen to 18% and further study to 10%. Employment in the two sectors still accounted for the majority in both years, but their combined share dropped from 85% to 72%.
Examiner focus: A two-pie comparison: same categories, shifting weights — self-employment and study roughly doubled while both sectors shrank.
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